Car-door and means for locking same.



0. E. LANGELL. GAR DOOR AND MEANS FOR LOCKING SAME. APPLICATION FILED MAIZI 1912.

Patented July 21, 1914.

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To all whom it may concern:

' a citizen of the United and useful Improvements in Car-Doors and possibility of spillin ,so constructed as to lock; Fig. of one of thedoor hangers; and Fig. 9 is a ran eras sienna" ion.

CHARLES E. LANGELL, 0F BELLEVILLE, KANSAS.

OAR-DOOR AND MEANS 1,104,265.

e lb'lUlOWIl that I, CHARLES E. LANGELL, States, residing at Belleville, in the county of Republic and State of Kansas, have invented certain new Means for Locking Same, of which the following is a specification.

he present invention relates to car doors, and has for its purpose to provide a door of that character which, when closed, will readily" conceal the contents of the car andefl'ect-ively hold said contents against the and. wherein the outer surface of the door lies flush with'the surface of the side of the car, to the end that a more perfect closure is provided and the door fastenings are so clamped and bound as to prevent rattling or moving, and be applicable to the closing of an aperture in any car or other compartment.

he invention further contemplates the employment of means associated with the car door for locking the same through the medium of an ordinary car seal, the ad vantages whereof will be readily apparent to those conversant with freight trailic on railroads.

'lVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter claimed, and, while the invention is not restricted to the exact details shown and described, still, or the purpose of disclosure, reference is hadto the accompanying drawing, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views, and in which,

Figure 1 is a side elcvational view illushating the application of the present invention to an ordinary freight car, Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, partly in section, and showing the locking bar in closed posiig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the locking bar in open position; Fig. at is a top plan view, partly in section, disclosing the bar locking device in detail;

ig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, showing Fig. 6 is a transverse 1 v ew of the bar locking device; Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the bar 8 ism-transverse sectional view slmilar view of the other hanger, and which comprises the bar lock.

'eferring to the construct on in detail, 1

Specification of Letters Patent. Application aiea'na 2, 1912.

designates the side of an bracket 16.

ron LOCKING "SAME.

Patented J my 21, 1914. Serial No. 694,767.

ordinary freight car, and 2 the usua1=sliding door there or, and with which the present nvention is condinary hanger 3 which slides on the runner bar .4, and from which it is prevented from disengaging through the medium of a tongue 5 which is struck up from the-plate forming the hanger 3. At the opposite end supported through the medium of a hanger 6 formed at the upper end of a Said hanger 6 is bent to form a suspending portion S, and is turned under to provide an engaging device 9, whose function is similar to that of the tongue 5 of the hanger 3. The han er 6 is connected with t 6 main portion 0 the bar 7 by a lateral portion 10 which acts after the manner of a lever, as will presently pointed out.

is secured to the door 2 through the mediumcf suitable brackets or or the purpose of swinging the end X of door outwardly or inwardly, as indicated in Figs. 4. and 5.- When the door is swung outwardly, said door is adapted to be moved along the bar 4 to its fully open position, and av stop 12 is provided for limiting the opening movement as will be understood. When the door is moved to its closing position, the end X is adapted to be swung inwardly on the hanger 6 through the medium of the lever connection 10 and, in order that the opposite end Y of the door may be eorrespondingly'moved inwardly, the track bar 4 is curved inwardly, as indicated by the character 13. With this arrangement, the hanger 3 guides the door end Y inwardly of the car a distance corresponding to the extent of movement of the end X, as will. be understood. The hanger 3, which slides loosely on the runner or bar 4, while the door is open. from flush with the surface of the wall of the car, binds tightly with a torsional grip when the door is completely closed, because of the angle or curve 13.

As before stated, it is bar 7 be associated with the car seal for the movement within the space. provided by the The two extreme positions which the lever 15 --may have within the its locking position.

brackets 16 are indicated in Figs. l and 5. When the door end X is moved inwardly to bring the surface of said door flush with the surface of the side of the car 1, the lever 15 is locked against movement within the bracket 16 through the medium of the latch 17 (see Fig. 7). Said latch is pivotally mounted on a bolt 18, and has upwardly extending flanges 19 and 20. When the latch is in looking position, the flange 19 is in close engagement with the end X of the door 2 and the flange 20 is in similar ongagement with the front plate 21 of the bracket 16. (See Fig. 6). In this position, the end X of the door is jammed and cannot be moved outwardly, nor can the position of the lever 15 he changed.

When it is desired to move the end X of the door 2 into the position shown in Fig. 5, it is first necessary that the latch 17 be swung on its pivot 18 into the position shown in Fig. 5 when said door end. may be moved and the lever 15 is likewise free. For convenience, in releasing the latch 17, the same is provided with a lug 21 which passes through an aperture 22- formed in the bracket 16, and for securing the bracket through the medium of the car seal Z, the latch flange 21) is provided. with apertures 25 which register with similar apertures 2a in the bracket plate 21 when said latch is in When in this position, the wires of the car seal Z are' passed through said registering apertures in the manner indicated in Figs. 1, 2 and 1.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of my invention, and therefore 1 do not wish to be limited to such features except as may be required by the claims. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: M

1. In a sliding door of the class described for cars or other compartments, having a plurality of hangers and a locking and sealing appliance and adapted to slide along the surface of the receptacle when open and to recede into and flush with its wall when closed, the combination of a bar track above the door and having an abrupt curve or angle part near its rear end, a hanger from the rear part of the top of the door loosely clasping the straight part of said bar track and adapted to clasp rigidly the angle or curved part of said track by torsion of the door in closing it, with a vertical operating rod pivoted to the face of the door near its front edge and extending above the door I and extending outwardly from the door and thence upwardly in front of and above said track and back horizontally over said track thence outwardly over the track menace downwardly in front of the track thence backwardly under said track and, upwardly back of said track forming a lug on the back of said bar track and pivoted to the face of the door, and adapted to support the front edge of said door from the top of said bar track, substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified.

2. In a sliding door of the class described, and adapted to slide outside the wall, of a car, box or other compartment while open Eli and to sink into the said well and flush therewith while closed, the combination of a door suspended from the top of a bar track horizontally secured to the wall of the car and extending outward from it and horizontally thereto except at its rear end, a bar track having a curved or angle bend near its rear end and extending to the wall of the ear, and from the directline of said bar track, a flat sliding hanger rigidly secured to the top and near the rear edge of said door and adapted to hook over and slide loosely on said bar track while the door is open and to engage rigidly the angle or curved part of said bar track by the torsion when the front edge of the door is swung into the recessvof the doorway, together with means for supporting the front edge of the said door, consisting of a vertical operating rod pivoted to the face of the door near its front edge and extending above the door and extending outwardly from the door and thence upwardly in front of and above said track and back horizontally over said track thence outwardly downwardly in front of the track thence backwardly under said track and upwardly back'of said track forming a lug on the back of said bar track and pivoted to the face of the door, and adapted to support the front edge of said door from the top of said bar track, substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified.

3. In a sliding door of the class described, and adapted to slide outside the wall of a bar, box or other compartment while open and to sink into the said wall and flush therewith while closed, the combination of a door suspended from the top ofa bar track horizontally securedto the wall of the car and extending outward from it and horizon tally thereto except at its rear end, a bar track having a curved or angle bend near its rear end and extending to the wall of the car, and from the track, a fiat sliding hanger rigidly secured to the top and near the rear edge of said door and adapted to hook over and slide loosely on said bar track open and to engage rigidly curved part of said bar traclr by the torsion when the front edge of the door is swung into the recess of the doorway, together with thence means-for supporting the rent edge of the over the track thence while the door is the angle ordirect line of said bar 1,104.,eee

said door, consisting of a vertical operating rod' pivoted to the tace of the door near its front edge and extendin and extending outwardl $00111 the door and thence upwardly in front of and above said track and back horizontally over said track above the door thence outwardly over the track thence downwardly in front of the track thence backwardly under said track and upwardly back of said track forming a lug on the back of said bar track and pivoted to the face of the door, and adapted to support the front edge of said door trom the top of said bar track, with means for locking said door while closed and consisting of an open bracket secured to said wall under the front edge of the door and extending out-- wardly under said door and having an upwardly extending lip between which and the wall of the car the lower edge of the door is adapted to slide while open, and a broad flat latch member pivoted to the Wall 'of the car and adapted to drop into and fill the recess between the said outward extending lip and the outer 25 face of the door when the same is closed flush with the wall of the car and ada ted to keep the door from being forced rom its recess, and an upward struck lug on said latch, and being provided with holes in said 30 lug and said upwardly extending lip which holes register and are adapted to receive a. sealing wire or band, substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified.

In testimony in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES E. LANGELL. Witnesses:

B..F. CONNELL, PETER "'ANDERSEN.

whereof I afiix my signature 35- 

